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Petersburg Confederate order of battle

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The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War. The following Order of Battle is the Organization from the Confederate forces near Petersburg of October 27, 1864.

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Military Rank

  • Gen = General
  • LTG = Lieutenant General
  • MG = Major General
  • BG = Brigadier General
  • Col = Colonel
  • Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
  • Maj = Major
  • Cpt = Captain
  • Lt = Lieutenant

    • Other

  • w = wounded
  • mw = mortally wounded
  • k = killed

    • Confederate Forces Near Petersburg

    Gen Robert E. Lee

    Army of Northern Virginia

    Gen Robert E. Lee

  • Provost Guard Maj. D.B. Bridgford
  • 5th Alabama Battalion
  • 1st Virginia Battalion
  • 48th Georgia (1 Company)
  • 39th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
  • Engineers MG Jeremy Francis Gilmer
  • 1st Confederate Engineers
  • 2nd Confederate Engineers

    • First Corps

    LTG James Longstreet

    Third Corps

    LTG A. P. Hill

    Fourth Corps

    LTG Richard H. Anderson

    Cavalry Corps

    MG Wade Hampton III

    Department of Richmond

    LTG Richard S. Ewell

    Richmond Forces

    MG James L. Kemper

    Post of Richmond

    BG William M. Gardner

    Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia

    Gen Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

    References

    Petersburg Confederate order of battle Wikipedia
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